Where does “ăn cơm” come from?

ăn cơm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ăn, from Chinese 安.

ăn cơm (Vietnamese): to eat food; to have a meal

Definitions

  1. to eat food; to have a meal

Ancestry of “ăn cơm”, step by step

ăn cơm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ăn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseănto eat; Synonym of uống; to dine; to feast, to...
2Chinese安—

via Vietnamese cơm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecơmcooked non-glutinous rice; a rice meal; meat;...
2Proto-Vietickəːmcooked rice
Every word from Chinese 安 →Every word from Vietnamese ăn →